re: I thought liberals believed in science..

I think some people fail to grasp how serious a 1% death rate means. This means that, if hypothetically, every American were to catch the disease, over 3 million Americans would be dead.

In addition, the virus also leaves widespread organ damage in some survivors. Which will have effects lasting for decades.

Just because "it's a virus" doesn't mean it's trivial, as the OP seems to be suggesting. Plenty of viruses are deadly serious stuff.